Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited
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Consider a process consisting of three resources. Assume there exists unlimited demand for the product. Resource 1 has a processing time of 1 minutes per unit. Resource 2 has a processing time of 10 minutes per unit. Resource 3 has a processing time of 5 minutes per unit. Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3 All three resources are staffed by one worker. The flow diagram is shown above. Round "Capacity of resource" to 3 decimal places and other numbers to whole numbers units per minute a. What is the capacity of resource 2? b. What is the bottleneck in the process? c. What is the utilization of resource 2? Resource percent d. How long does it take the process to produce 218 units starting with minutes an empty system, assuming this is a worker-paced process?Explanation / Answer
A.
Capacity at resource 2 = 1/10 = .1 units per minute
B.
Bottleneck of the process = resource 2
(because, it has the largest processing time that is 10 minutes per unit)
C.
Utilization rate of resource 2 = 10/10 = 100%
D.
To process the first unit, time taken= 1+10+5 = 16 minutes
Time to produce remaining 217 unit = 217*10 = 2170 minutes
So, total time to produce 218 units = 16 + 2170 = 2186 minutes
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